Bar codes at the bottom of lottery tickets

Reply #14

Perfecttiming2 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:25:45 GMT

The CA bar codes also tells Lottery Official exactly where the ticket was purchased....

Reply #13

sexyslim1 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:32:15 GMT

diamonpalace have you noticed it's been over two years since the quadruples fell? What's your input on this

Reply #12

time*treat — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:23:37 GMT

In addition to a bar code, my state has serial-numbered-on-the-back paper, another set of numbers on the front to represent the selling store, and another group of numbers on the front to show how many tickets were printed that day, by that store.

There are other control numbers, too, but I havent decoded those yet.

Reply #11

justxploring — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:31:02 GMT

Not in FL, but RJOh lives in Ohio where you can collect lottery winnings up to $5,000 with a claim form at a participating bank. They charge a fee however.

Reply #10

sorensonfan41 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:02:43 GMT

I think there's a state or two that allow you to claim prizes over $600 up to a certain amount at a certain chain of banks, IIRC. I don't recall which state(s), though.

Reply #9

BuyLow — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:29:31 GMT

Banks verify lottery tickets? Never heard that one.

Reply #8

jr-va — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:29:11 GMT

Virginia does have those do-it-yourself scanners, at first I thought only 7-11s had it, but they seem to be almost everywhere now.

I love them, because It bothers me to inconvenience the stores to check sometimes 50 or 75 tickets for me.

(But the first time I almost lost a winner, the beep is the same for losers and winners, and I was just going by the beep. Now I now better to read the display every single time. They really should have put a different sound for the winning tickets,... [ More ]

Reply #7

RJOh — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:41:14 GMT

A ticket can only be cashed once so if you could cashed a copy, it would nullify the real one. Any tickets worth $600 or more have to be taken to a bank or a lottery head quarters to be verified again after being verified by a retailer and the winner has to have ID for tax purposes. Ohio not only have the bar codes on their tickets but the rolls of paper that the tickets are printed on have serial numbers so the winning tickets not only has to have the right bar codes but be printed on paper iss... [ More ]

Reply #6

four4me — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:42:12 GMT

Once you cash the original ticket if you had made a copy and tried to cash it elsewhere when they scan the ticket it will say already paid out on this ticket. You could get busted if the clerk calls the cops.

Reply #5

Cash3Addict — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:27:28 GMT

Yea every state has it. And i wonder what would happen if someone, copied a ticket and tried to cash it. hmm

Reply #4

Todd — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:57:04 GMT

Every lottery in every state uses codes on the tickets. When you puchase your ticket, the numbers you chose (or the quick pick generated by the lottery terminal) are transmitted to a central computer, which records the numbers and creates a unique ID number. That ID number is transmitted right back the the lottery terminal, and the lottery ticket is then printed, including both the numbers you chose and the ID generated by the central computer.

All of that happens in maybe an eighth of a sec... [ More ]

Reply #3

rcbbuckeye — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:51:08 GMT

Tx has barcodes also. Probably because there are only maybe 2 or 3 companies that sell lottery equipment, so it stands to reason that all states use barcodes. Maybe there are more companies that sell lottery equipment, but I would think that all states use barcodes.

I tried using a scanner to check some scratchers once right after Christmas, but it was just easier to let the store clerk scan them in the terminal.

Reply #2

diamondpalace — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:43:49 GMT

We have it here in GA.

Reply #1

Stew12 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:38:22 GMT

Is California the only state that does this?

Nope. I'm not sure if every state does it, but we have that technology here in CT as well.

Bar codes at the bottom of lottery tickets

JWBlue — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:34:49 GMT

Is California the only state that does this? We have these small scanners at all lottery retailers that can read the bar codes on the tickets and tell you whether the ticket is a winner.